The best Swedish home cooking
The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: Swedish meatballs · Pytt i panna · Pea soup and pancakes. (Updated Aug 17, 2026.)
The classic dishes of Swedish husmanskost according to FREEDOMtravel, Swedish Nomad, ICA and Allt om Mat: from meatballs and pytt i panna to Jansson's temptation and surströmming.
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Top 15
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1
Swedish meatballs
With mashed potatoes, cream sauce, lingonberries and pickled cucumber.
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2
Pytt i panna
Diced potato, meat and onion hash, with fried egg and beetroot.
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3
Pea soup and pancakes
Thursday's classic, with punsch.
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4
Raggmunk with pork
Potato pancakes with fried pork belly and lingonberries.
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5
Kroppkakor
Potato dumplings filled with pork, from Öland and Småland.
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6
Sausage Stroganoff
Falu sausage in tomato cream sauce, a children's favourite.
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7
Kåldolmar
Cabbage rolls filled with mince, with lingonberries; the dish came from Turkey with Charles XII.
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8
Wallenbergare
Veal patties with cream and egg yolk, with peas and mash.
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9
Kalops
Slow-cooked beef stew with allspice and bay leaf.
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10
Fried Baltic herring
With mashed potatoes and lingonberries.
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11
Gravlax
Cured salmon with mustard-dill sauce.
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12
Kålpudding
Layered cabbage and mince baked in the oven.
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13
Skomakarlåda
Steak with bacon and mashed potato, baked.
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14
Surströmming
Fermented herring from the northern coast, with flatbread.
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15
Kanelbulle
Sweden's favourite fika bun.
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16
Sausage
Northern home cooking of ground meat, liver and barley groats, served with potatoes and beetroot.
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Jansson's temptation
Potato, onion and sprats baked in cream, the star of the Christmas table.
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Comments (5)
Janssons frestelse på julbordet.
Saknar pölsa!
Köttbullar med lingonsylt och potatismos, självklart etta.
Wallenbergare är så gott men så svårt att göra.
Ärtsoppa och pannkakor på torsdagar, tradition!